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Bisma Eight

A petite natural beauty with a big personality—the contemporary raw-concrete architecture and rustic materials ensure this all-suite boutique hotel in the jungle is in harmony with leafy Ubud. At the rooftop restaurant, the earth-to-table menu is made up of ingredients from their own organic gardens.

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£272per night

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Location

8/10

Down a bumpy shop-lined track away from Ubud’s busy centre, drive past paddy field and cafés to this discreet independent hotel not far from Monkey Forest. Since it’s a bit of a walk to the market stalls and buzzing bars, they provide a shuttle ride a few times a day. It can be an hour to the airport, but traffic is unpredictable on Bali’s narrow scooter-filled roads, so if it’s a Balinese Hindu Festival, it can take much longer.

Style & character

8/10

A narrow frontage does little to betray the quirky configuration of this considered retreat which stretches back further than you imagine. After laying your canang sari (offering) at the feet of the Ganesh shrine in the breezy lobby (Bali is a colourful mishmash of cultures), follow the path through an inner garden alive with frangipani, bamboo, pandan palms and jamburan grasses to access your suite on the ground floor, or up a level. A new-gen attitude to luxury includes an attention to detail and beautiful craftsmanship in the bespoke furnishings which blend hessian, woven leather, delicate basketwork and wicker with modern flair. Reclaimed traditional carved wooden doors and black-and-white photographs whisper a little of Bali’s past.

Service & facilities

8/10

Not just a pretty place—here guests have meaningful exchanges with the friendly, professional team. Just try resist lounging in or around the infinity pool all day; having your photo taken at the edge of the water hanging right over the verdant valley is de rigeur. There isn’t a spa but massages and reflexology can be booked to enjoy in your suite and the gym is small but well equipped.

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9/10

A home-from-home ambience with amenities that scream five-star hotel, thanks to each spacious suite being fully kitted out with a big cable TV and DVD player, minibar and strong WiFi. The en-suite of each of the 38 air-conditioned suites has a barrel-like cedar-wood Japanese soaking tub, as well as a shower.

Food & drink

9/10

Open to the elements, Copper Kitchen & Bar is a dining destination in its own right. Many of the ingredients on the menu come from the hotel’s organic farm—be sure to request a tour of their smallholding just down the road. Dishes include Indonesian classics such as nasi goreng and gado gado, plus more ambitious contemporary dishes such as tuna sashimi burritos and wagyu burgers. The organic Asian fusion salads leave an especially good taste knowing some of the ingredients are grown right there on their rooftop and in their gardens.

Breakfast is the best of global and hyperlocal flavours and coffee lovers will love the air-conditioned barista-boasting library.